Discussion/Interview

On 14 August 2026, the Centre notified the questions for the 2027 Census, and for the first time in independent India the household schedule will ask for caste beyond the SC and ST categories, with enumeration due in February 2027.
Discussion

The Missing Data on Caste in India's Private Sector: What We Cannot Measure, We Cannot Fix

The Mooknayak English
5 min read
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Private-Sector Reservation and Affordable Home Ownership: An Ambedkarite Economic Agenda for Maharashtra

The Mooknayak English
4 min read
Sahil died by suicide in his IIT Bombay hostel on 18 September. A police FIR names Professor Suryanarayana Doolla under provisions concerning abetment to suicide and the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, and Doolla has denied the allegations.
Discussion

Sahil Wakode’s Case: Dalit Grief and Online Caste Violence

The Mooknayak English
9 min read
A demolished book stall in Kolkata
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When Book Stalls Fall The Left Rises

The Mooknayak English
5 min read
Migrant workers in Tamil Nadu
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A Day's Wage to Cast a Vote: How India's Migration Economy Silences Its Young Workers

The Mooknayak English
5 min read
Young people are discovering an Ambedkar who fought for women's rights, education, economic independence, constitutional equality, labour rights, political representation and individual dignity
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From a Caste Symbol to a National Icon: Why More Young Women Are Discovering Ambedkar!

The Mooknayak English
7 min read
Every Independence Day and Republic Day, colonial suffering is readily turned into speeches, songs and performances. Caste atrocities and humiliation rarely receive the same space.
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Why does India Remember Colonial Humiliation but Forget Caste Humiliation?

The Mooknayak English
8 min read
PUCL demanded the immediate release of all persons detained without lawful grounds, and cessation of indiscriminate or pre-emptive detentions intended to prevent the peaceful exercise of constitutional rights.
Discussion

“Governance of Fear”: Human Rights Body Slams State’s Response to Protests Against Gyanesh Kumar

Mouli Sharma
6 min read
It is a significant milestone in a political career that has taken Modi from State leadership to the highest constitutional office in the country.
Discussion

Twenty-Five Years of Modi: What Has Changed for the OBCs?

The Mooknayak English
4 min read
While Sahil’s parents have alleged that their son faced caste-based harassment for months and named Doolla and others in their complaint, the IIT Bombay Faculty Forum has publicly defended the professor.
Discussion

Play and Ploy of Caste: Where Does It End?

The Mooknayak English
10 min read
A souvenir-cum-book stall at Chaitya Bhoomi, Dadar, Maharashtra, offering books and memorabilia to visitors.
Discussion

The Poison Is Not in Ambedkar. It Is in the Fear of What Ambedkar Reveals.

The Mooknayak English
11 min read
The LPU episode creates an important sociological question: what happens when students act collectively before institutional information becomes available?
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When a campus protest turns violent: What the unrest at Lovely Professional University says about private universities

The Mooknayak English
5 min read
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